On February 2nd, the dragon raises its head, the spring rain is as precious as oil, and the drizzle turns into rain and mist, mixed with the cold wind and hits the human body, chilling people to the core.
"It's too cold today, can't you go there in two days?" Mrs. Chen walked in from outside with a frown on her face, and couldn't help but breathe the hot air into her hands.
"Put on your gloves too, don't miss them." Su Liu pointed the new maid Xueluo to pack her bags, and then stepped forward to hold Mrs. Chen's hand.
"It's been completed over there. I've usually been the shopkeeper, but now that it's completed, I naturally have to check it out. Otherwise, how can I feel at ease?" Su Liu said with a smile.
Cao Kui sent someone to send a message that the donkey-hide gelatin workshop had been completed and asked Su Liu to go over and check it out, so Su Liu was preparing to go there when he had time.
Now that the business of the shop has stabilized, I have invited the shopkeeper to take care of it. Su Xiao is usually good at cooking. She only checks the accounts once every half month and basically doesn't care about the shop.
As for the chili peppers, because there were not many in the first batch, they could only be supplied to the Song family restaurant for the time being. The remaining seeds were kept and a lot of seeds were sold to people who came after hearing the news.
Song Fei said that she was generous. As the saying goes, rare things are valuable, but she sold all the seeds for others to plant.
Su Liu burst out laughing. She had never planned to start a separate business with this pepper. After all, there was endless money to be made. If she didn't sell it this time, others would find ways to get it, so she might as well sell a lot of seeds generously.
Let more people plant it. After spring, when this crop of peppers matures, this crop will be widely known.
Besides, her goal is not only to plant two pepper plants, she also wants to make chili sauce. These are all money. If she can open a workshop in the future and grow them by herself, the raw materials will not be enough.
"I really don't understand you two sisters. You say you are doing business, but that's fine. But that girl Pianxiaoxiao is messing with those fans again. I think she is going crazy." Mrs. Chen said angrily.
Su Liu pulled her to sit down and said with a smile: "If she is interested in this, just let her mess with it. Maybe she will actually make good fans."
Su Xiao showed great interest in rouge and gouache, so in addition to running the shop at home, she also made fun of her bottles and jars of powder.
Su Liu felt that a person must be somewhat interested, so she expressed her absolute support for Su Xiao.
After talking to Mrs. Chen for a while and exchanging many words, Su Liu took the two girls and set off for Zhuangzi where Cao Kui was.
On this trip, Ning Guang did not go with her because she was suffering from the cold. The driver for her was Xiao Wu, who also acted as a bodyguard.
Well, having an ex-soldier drive the car for him, Su Liu said it was a lot of pressure. Fortunately, Xiao Wu was not as paranoid as Xiao Si. He was lively, smart, and talked a lot, so he didn't feel lonely on the road.
Because they didn't know the way back home for the first time, Su Liu and his party first took the road to Changping County, had lunch at Cao Mingzhu's house, and then were taken to Zhuangzi by the Cao family.
The village of Cao Kui's family is about 20 kilometers away from the outskirts of Changping County, covering an area of about 100 acres, and there are about 20 households. When Su Liu and others arrived, it was already dusk, and there was little smoke on the roofs of the houses. Children wearing cotton-padded jackets were in the fields.
They ran happily, and some even chased after their carriage, laughing and joking.
"The happiest time is when you are a child." Su Liu raised the curtain and took a look and said.
"What you say is very old-fashioned, young lady. You are only fifteen years old." A girl wearing a pink bun with double buns and straight bangs quipped.
"That's right, others don't know it, but they think the girl is in her thirties." Another girl wearing pink and blue armor agreed with a smile.
These are two girls bought by Su Liutuo and Song Fei. They are both fourteen or fifteen years old and about the same size as her. The one wearing pink armor is Shuang Ning, while the one wearing pink and blue armor is Shuang Luo.
Because they knew the direction of the future and were determined to cultivate capable confidants, the two girls were both literate. Shuang Ning was lively and clever, while Xueluo was smart and calm. Their personalities complemented each other perfectly, and Song Fei also put a lot of thought into it.
Su Liu glanced at the two of them and said with a smile: "It's not that I'm old-fashioned, but I think it's too much to do what adults think about."
"The girl is talking dejectedly again, everyone has to grow up." Xueluo shook his head and smiled: "Maybe the children will still envy the adults."
Su Liu smiled and said nothing. It must be like this. When he was a child, he looked forward to growing up and being able to do many things. But as an adult, he envied the carefree life of a child.
"Miss Liu'er, we're here." Xiao Wu's voice came over the carriage shaft.
The carriage stopped, and Xueluo jumped out first, then helped Su Liu down.
Several people stood in front of Zhuangzi's door. When they saw Su Liu, they stepped forward and saluted: "Miss Su, I am the head of Zhuangzi, Wang Sanqian. Just call me Wangzhuangtou."
Su Liu gave a slight salute and said with a smile: "I'm sorry to bother Wang Zhuangtou."
When Wang Zhuangtou saw that she behaved well and generously, he secretly admired her. Seeing that she was so young and yet she was cooperating with his boss in business, he couldn't help but be shocked. "My dear, she is too young."
"Director Song and Director Wei are already waiting for the girl, please." Wang Zhuangtou smiled and welcomed her in.
The two supervisors he mentioned were both from Cao Kui and Song Fei, and they were also selected in every possible way to be in charge of the donkey-hide gelatin workshop.
Wang Zhuangtou took Su Liu into the main room and introduced the situation of Zhuangzi. Su Liu asked a few questions from time to time, which made him stop being contemptuous, because Su Liu asked all the questions.
On point.
For example, are the farmers here locals or outsiders? Who are they? Are there any cheating and cheating people in this village? Is there any treachery and evil that usually occurs in this village?
But he didn't know that Su Liu asked this just for the sake of the workshop. After all, donkey-hide gelatin is a precious commodity. If someone takes advantage of the opportunity to steal or add something to the items in their workshop, it will be over. These are all imported.
What about food?
Manager Song's real name is Song Jilin, and he is Song Fei's subordinate. He is only forty years old and has a gentle temperament, but the occasional flash of gleam in his eyes makes people dare not underestimate him.
Director Wei is a member of Cao Kui's family. His real name is Wei Zhenxiang. He is older than Song Jilin and talks less, but he is very experienced in handling matters.
Obviously both of them were carefully selected by Song Fei and the others. As for Su Liu, a little girl who has not yet reached hairpins, after a few words of conversation, the two of them went from initial contempt to later surprise. They secretly sighed in their hearts that future generations of talents will emerge in large numbers. The key is
Su Liu was too sophisticated when it came to business, and there were some loopholes that even they had never thought of.
As night fell, Su Liu talked with the two about her thoughts after dinner, and then decided to go to check the workshop tomorrow. She didn't mention it, but she didn't know that someone was restless in her house.
After ten years without any minor illness, Ningguang's wind and cold came quickly and fiercely. Before Su Liu set out, his voice was just a little hoarse, but at night, he started to have a fever.
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Because he felt cold, Ning Guang took up residence in the front yard of his new house. With his servants there, the environment was better, and he could take a good rest.
Ning Guang was ill, but Su Liu had to take care of some business. Duan Zhong expressed his dissatisfaction. First of all, he thought it was wrong for Su Liu to show up in public, and to insist on going out when Ning Guang was ill was even more wrong.
But Ning Guang didn't say anything. He went ahead and said something to Su Liu, just complaining secretly. Zhong Cainiang listened and took the opportunity to give Su Liu some eye drops. Duan Zhong became even more dissatisfied with Su Liu.
"Uncle Zhong, you are old, go and have a rest. I will fry the medicine myself and serve it to Brother Ning." Zhong Cainiang came to the kitchen and said to Duan Zhong.
It was a cold day, and Duan Zhong was also old. He knew that Zhong Cainiang was a sister of Ning Guang's subordinate, and he also knew that the subordinate died for Ning Guang. Naturally, he felt pity for Zhong Cainiang, and seeing that she only thought about Ning Guang, he was more
Su Liu is much better.
"Then I'll trouble Miss Cainiang." Duan Zhong said with a smile.
"No trouble, I'm lucky to be able to serve Brother Ning." Zhong Cainiang blushed and smiled shyly.
"Our eldest young master should have a caring person like you to serve him, unlike... Humph!" Duan Zhong snorted lightly.
Zhong Cainiang was secretly happy, but she pretended to be frightened and said: "Uncle Zhong, please don't say that. Miss Su is just focusing on business. She is very good to Brother Ning."
"Okay? What does it look like for a girl to show up in public? Our eldest young master is a dignified second-rank general. How can the wife of his wife show up in public and do such a despicable thing? What does this look like?" Duan Zhong disagreed very much.
He stayed here these days and saw that Ning Guang had no intention of returning to Beijing. He also saw that he obeyed Su Liu's advice. Su Liu was either in charge of the shop or selling some seeds with some merchants.
Wearing a veil, she looked like a vulgar country girl. How could such a person be worthy of their eldest young master?
Duan Zhong only thought that Ning Guang was deceived by Su Liu, otherwise he would not have been so hot-headed as to get engaged to a village girl. A village girl was nothing more than a noble woman, but she actually used herself as a dignified woman to imitate a man's business. It was simply presumptuous.
Among scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, merchants were the lowest status. Su Liu was engaged in business. If people knew that his general had married such a vulgar village girl and a businesswoman in the future, it would be embarrassing.
Zhong Cainiang saw that Duan Zhong's eyes were getting more and more unhappy, so she added, "Miss Su must be afraid of poverty, too. With such a family background, I can't blame her." After saying this, she uttered another word, as if she had made a mistake.
He said hurriedly: "Look at me, I'm just talking, I'm going to turn out this medicine."
As he said this, he picked up the cattail leaf fan and fanned the stove, really fanning the flames.
Duan Zhong stood there, pursed his lips, and frowned tightly. Zhong Cainiang didn't say anything, but he had really forgotten about this incident.
He has not been here just for fun these days, hanging out here and having sex there, and as Zhong Cainiang said, he has found out all about Su Liu.
A girl who was born with six fingers dared to persuade her parents to divorce, was unfilial to her relatives, and went into business. Such a woman would never be married. If she didn't succeed, he would have to persuade the eldest young master and ask him to marry her again.
The young master needs to arrange a marriage that matches his family!
Thinking of this, Duan Zhong hurried back to his room to write a letter. Naturally, he did not see the calculating and proud look in Zhong Cainiang's eyes behind him.
Sorry for being late~ I was busy on Monday, and I finally had time to steal code words in the afternoon, cough cough
